The Ida M. Green Fellowship
Awarded to a first-year doctoral student, carries a cash stipend, a tuition waiver, and no assigned duties.

Teaching Assistantships (TA)
Carry a cash stipend and a tuition waiver. Recipients normally teach one class per semester. These awards are generally not available to first-year graduate students and typically go to advanced doctoral students.

Graduate Assistantships (GA)
Carry a cash stipend and tuition waiver. The Department may also award a limited number of tuition-only Graduate Assistantships in any specific year. Recipients work as teaching, research, editorial, or administrative assistants.

In addition to these Departmental Awards, the Department strongly encourages students to apply for external awards.

The Department recognizes the importance of teaching to the graduate student experience as well as to the professional training of historians. As such, the Department maintains contacts with many colleges and universities in the area and can often help students find teaching opportunities within the DFW metroplex.

Students applying for financial aid should learn the results of their application by April 1. Although successful applicants have until April 15 to accept or decline an offer, a prompt reply is requested. Formal offers come only from the Dean's office, but the Department will try to advise successful applicants in advance concerning the amount of the award for which they have been nominated.

Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship
One possible source of outside funding for first-year graduate students is the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship , awarded by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. We encourage prospective students to apply.

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